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  2. Electoral system of Australia - Wikipedia

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    In Australia, voter registration is called enrolment, which is a prerequisite for voting at federal elections, by-elections and referendums. Enrolment is compulsory for Australian citizens over 18 years of age who have lived at their current address for at least one month. [2]

  3. Voter registration in Australia - Wikipedia

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    In Australia, voter registration is called enrolment. Enrolment is a prerequisite for voting at federal elections, by-elections and referendums, as well as all state and local government elections; and it is generally compulsory for enrolled persons to vote unless otherwise exempted or excused.

  4. Elections in Australia - Wikipedia

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    The elections for the Australian Parliament are held under the federal electoral system, which is uniform throughout the country, and the elections for state and territory Parliaments are held under the electoral system of each state and territory. An election day is always a Saturday, but early voting is allowed in the lead-up to it.

  5. Electoral systems of the Australian states and territories

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    Electoral systems of the Australian states and territories are broadly similar to the electoral system used in federal elections in Australia.. When the Australian colonies were granted responsible government in the 19th century, the constitutions of each colony introduced bicameral parliaments, each of which was based on the contemporaneous version of the Westminster system.

  6. Australian Senate - Wikipedia

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    The Australian Senate voting paper under the single transferable vote proportional representation system resembles the following example (shown in two parts), which shows the candidates for Victorian senate representation in the 2016 federal election. Senate ballot paper used in Victoria for 2016. To vote correctly, electors must either:

  7. Compulsory voting - Wikipedia

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    Belgium has the oldest extant compulsory voting system which was introduced in 1893 for men [7] and in 1948 for women. [8] Compulsory voting for national elections was introduced in Australia in 1924, with states and territories passing their own compulsory voting laws at various times. [9]

  8. Suffrage in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Suffrage in Australia is the voting rights in the Commonwealth of Australia, its six component states (before 1901 called colonies) and territories, and local governments.. The colonies of Australia began to grant universal male suffrage from 1856, with women's suffrage on equal terms following between the 1890s and 190

  9. Australian Electoral Commission - Wikipedia

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    The Commonwealth Electoral Act 1902 set up the framework for the Commonwealth electoral system, [3] which was administered until 1916 as a branch of the Department of Home Affairs, by the Department of Home and Territories until 1928, back to Department of Home Affairs to 1932, and then Department of the Interior until 1972.